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A76237	A seasonable warning and word of advice to all papists, but most especially to those of the kingdome of France; for them to turn from their idolatry, and gross superstition, and speedily to repent, and hast to meet the Lord by amendment of life, least he come on them, and smite them unawares ... / Charles Baily.	Bayley, Charles, 17th century.	1663 (1663)	Wing B1473A; ESTC R170471	59,588	68

given you therefore cease from asking in any other name Search and read and be no longer deceived for God is come to look for fruit in the earth and every tree which is not found bearing fruit to God shall be cut down and cast into the fire Read the Parable of the Fig-tree and lay it to heart before it be too late and cease from your Taskmasters which tell you a house of stone is a Church contrary to the Scripture which sayes the Church is in God the ground and pillar of truth you may see in this they also deceive you 1 Thess 1.1 For in the true Church nothing that defileth can enter but in yours drunkards lyars and all manner of unclean persons may enter Thus you are deceived by the lying and lightnesse of your Teachers who through covetous practices make Merchandize of your souls for were you truly instituted you would come to know that the Saints bodies are the Temple of the Holy Ghost and their bodies was not for fornication which is openly tollerated amongst you but for the Lord and the Lord for the body therefore you are ignorant of this Doctrine of Paul who said Know ye not that your bodies are the Members of Christ for if you were not ignorant thereof you would be afraid to make them the members of an Harlot For who is joyned to an Harlot is one body for two saith he shall be one flesh Therefore repent and return to God and then you will come to witness your bodyes the Temples of the Holy Ghost which God will put in you and you shall no more be your own for through repentance you will come to know that ye are bought with a price and so will come to glorifie God in your bodies and spirits which then will be Gods as you come to the blood of cleansing as the Saints of old did and so did witnesse God to live and walk in them which was a true Christians state for they were led by the Spirit of God and so became the Sons of God but if any come amongst you now and say they have the Spirit of God in them ye make a mock at them and say they are mad and so are ready to stone them though the true Christians did witnesse the same else they could not have been Christians For it is the life of Christ in the Creature which makes him a Christian through which he comes to witnesse the promise of God to be fulfilled which the Prophet Joel prophesied of saying Thus shall it come to passe afterwards that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesie your old men shall dream dreams your young men shall see visions And also upon your servants and handmaids in those dayes will I poure out my Spirit Therefore I in the Spirit do declare unto you my Countrey men this acceptable day that you may turn from your sins and find mercy that the powring out of the Spirit ye may come to witnesse amongst you which will lead you into all truth and from your deceitfull Teachers so will you come to know the spirit of prophesie as the Saints of old did who were truly sanctified through the blood of the Lamb for saith Paul unto them You may all prophesie one by one which was the true Churches order And againe Your Priests tels you you must look for teaching from them but the Covenant of God is That all his people shall be taught of him For this shall be the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel After these dayes saith the Lord I will put my Law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts and I will be their God and they shall be my People and they shall no more teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least to the greatest of them saith the Lord For I will forgive their iniquities and I will remember their sins no more And all the children of the Covenant come to witnesse this which is their great peace for they that come to witnesse the Anointing need not mans teaching but if this you should come to witnesse your Priests should soon be discovered which is the cause they every way hold you in bondage and blindnesse being Ministers thereof themselves as manifestly appeareth by their fruits for were they Ministers of light they would bring people to the light and so to the true knowledge of God for God is light saith the Apostle God is light saith he and in him is no darknesse at all and if we walk in the light as he is in the light then have we fellowship one with another Mark the Saints fellowship was in the light therefore he that saith He knoweth God and walketh in darknesse is a lyar for he that cometh to the light cometh to know the teachings of God which the everlasting Ministry brings into So here People you may measure your Priests by the Scriptures of truth And again Your Priests tell you you must give money to pray for those which are dead which is an invention of the Devill the deceiver from whence that deceit sprung to make you believe there is a place called Purgatory to be purged in after you are dead which thing is only taught for filthy lucres sake for the Scriptures no where speak of a Purgatory for men to be purged in after they are dead but on the contrary it saith As the Tree falls so it lyes for such as a man soweth such shall he reap therefore the true Ministry was for to bring people to the Spirit of God that so their sowing might be to the Spirit the fruits of which is life everlasting So here they were brought off from the works of the flesh by the vertue of the blood of Christ Jesus and came to be cleansed from all sin for saith Paul When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness Rom. 6.20 Mark They were made free from sin so here was no need of a Purgatory to be purged from sin after death being made free from sin while in the body as Adam was and as true Christians were who followed Christ through the regeneration even to the witnessing of the new-birth which sinueth not as saith the Scriptures He that is born of God sinneth not neither can he because his seed remaineth in him And as we know that God is righteous so we know that he that doth righteousnesse is born of him and so this is the Christians boldness in the day of Judgement that as he is so are they in this present world so according to Christs words they come to be perfect even as their Father which is in Heaven is perfect And this is a true Christians life to be like Christ to live in him as he doth in the Father such only are Christians who witnesse Christ in them as the

by their cruel usage they be made to conform to their Wills this is evident amongst them insomuch that many of them have been kept many years and not been told the cause why for if they have but a Jealousie of a man he shall hardly escape their hands And now what they have to be spoken against let the moderate Reader seriously consider if there be any thing else but abominable Idolatry in all their Worship even such Idolatry as all the Heathen of old never exceeded As for Example in Rome which is the Fountain from whence all this abomination springs they pourtray the likeness of an Old Man upon a Wall and they call him the Image of God the Father with a Cross before him with the Portraicture of a dead man upon it and the likeness of a Pigeon on the top of it and this in their Imaginations they call the Father Son and Spirit And this being openly tollerated in Rome the bordering Nations are made stark drunk with the same abominations and Idolatry So that if one in love and in pity to their souls speak to reclaim them from their gross darkness they are ready to tear them in pieces though it be plainly manifest that they are of those who have changed the Glory of the Incorruptible God into Images made like unto Corruptible men wherefore God hath given them up to uncleannesse through their lost and corrupt hearts who have changed the Truth of God into a lie and do worship the Image which themselves have made more than the Creator who is God blessed for ever This is such gross darkness as was in Egypt even such as might be felt And in God there is no ancientness of dayes who is a Spirit infinite and eternal who created all things by the Word of his power and upholdeth all things thereby unto this day To whom will ye liken me saith the Lord Heaven is my Throne and the Earth is my Footstool hath not my hand made all these things all things being created in and by the Word of his Power which is Christ Jesus for so is his Name who was glorified by his Father before the World began and is the express Image of his Father whose likeness cannot be made by the hands of men therefore it is horrible Idolatry for you to make the Image of a dead man and say it is the Image of Christ and so bewitch the minds of people with those false conceptions and imaginations woe be to them by whom these things are wrought and upheld for the Vengeance and Indignation of the Lord God is kindled against them for they are the unreasonable Task-Masters of Egypt who keep the Seed in bondage and slavery so that the people cannot come to the knowledge of the true God that him only they might serve honour and obey in all things who is the only King Judg and Lawgiver of his people who sheweth mercy unto all who come unto him in his Sons Name for there is no other Name given under Heaven for Salvation but his And all who are in the praying to Saints are in the wicked Idolatry and do forsake the Fountain of living mercy and have hewed to your selves Cisterns which will hold no Water For the true Voyce saith Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest And saith the Prophet All you which are a thirst come and you which have no money come buy and eat yea come buy Wine and Milk without money and without price Why do ye lay out your money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not Heare and eat that which is good and let your souls delight themselves in fatness Incline your ear and come unto me hear and your souls shall live And I will establish with you my everlasting Covenant even the sure mercies of David Behold I have given him for a Witnesse to the people This is all free even the free gift of God Who hath so loved the World that he hath given his only begotten Son into the World that all through him might believe for whosoever believes in him shall not abide in darkness but shall have the Light of life who is the Way the Truth and the Life who hath enlightned every one who cometh into the World with his true Light and they which turn to the Light wherewith Christ hath enlightned them they come to Christ who is the free Gift of God This likes not the Pope and his Ministers for they make the people pay tenths of all their increase besides Money for Beads Crosses and Crucifixes and Money for pardon for sins and for Masses to be said for them while they are alive and after they are dead and Money for Christening of Children as they call it and Money for Marrying and all that they doe which thing sheweth plainly that his Ministers are not like the Ministers of the Gospel for that was and is a free Ministry and the Ministers thereof ministreth forth freely as they have received and are moved of God freely thereunto So the Pope is not with Christ but against him in all his actions for Tithes were only due to Levi and that from his Brethren yet they were not Levi's but the Lords and was to be put into the store-houses for to relieve the widow the fatherless and the stranger but how the Pope and his Adherents doth this let the wise in heart judge who devour the Tenths and much more upon their lusts as the Nations may witness against them which plainly shews they are neither of the Tribe of Levi nor of the Flock of Christ And the Apostle who was a Minister of the Gospel speaking of Levi said That Priesthood being changed there is made of necessity a change of the Law for the Priesthood being changed it is evident that the Law is disanulled which took them so that this paying of Tithes is but a usurpation of those which crope in in this dark night of Apostacy which Christ foretold us of saying The Night would come wherein no man could work And Paul saw this coming in For I know this saith he that after my departure shall grievous Wolves enter in among you not sparing the Flock And such did come in who taught things they ought not for filthy lucres sake The Pope and his Adherents will plainly appear to be of that stock and spring from that cursed Root and Spirit as his and their fruits will plainly manifest for they who forsook the right way did run on in the way of Balaam for gifts and rewards but they have far exceeded all their Ancestors and will not be content with a gift and reward but rob and take by force where they cannot have it otherwise so far as their power reacheth And this running out of the way and commandement of God is the cause why they profit not the people at all though they creep into houses and lead silly

talent and gift of God let him that readeth understand that his soul may live for untill this be read felt and understood professe what you will the soul lieth in death and misery therefore ye must diligently search and seek this seed in the field which is in the World in you where this precious Pearl lyeth hid that ye may be as the wise Merchant-man who sold all to purchase it so must ye if it ever comes to be yours yea you must dig deep to find it for it lyeth under all the mountaines of sin oppressed like a Cart which is laden with sheaves in you for the field is in you though wide for the field is in the World which is in your hearts and when the precious seed is grown watch and wait least the birds of the aire bereave you of it or else the enemy sow his evill seed in your ground and so choak the good seed and plant of God so that it cannot grow nor prosper for Friends it is truly so that straight is the way which leadeth to life and few there be that find it but broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which goe in thereat for it is the way of sin but the other holinesse and purity without which no man shall see the Lord as the Scripture saith for it is the onely thing which shall stand in stead in the day of account but woe will be unto them which then are or shall be found covered and not with the Holy Spirit of God all other coverings will be to short to cover or save them from the dreadful woe and vengeance which is ready to come upon the inhabitants of the earth for the Lord hath determined to bring Judgement upon the earth that the inhabitants thereof may learn righteousnesse for it is not to be found amongst men but every one is seeking his own way seeking and striving to exalt his own horn by oppression and deceit but the Lord will rebuke many because of these things for oppression shall cease amongst men and the oppressor shall surely be trodden under foot and the meek of the earth shall have the dominion for evermore which is the mind and purpose of the Lord of heaven and earth therefore it shall surely come to passe and woe will be to them who do arise to oppose the Lord in this most glorious work for they shall be beaten to powder for the potsherds may strive with potsherds yet in vain will it be to strive against the Lord and his Holy Anoynted who is come and coming to take the Kingdome whose right it is for ever and ever for all the Kingdomes of the World shall become the Kingdomes of the glorious Son of God Therefore oh ye inhabitants of the earth prepare to meet the Lord and be ye warned that ye joyn not with the power of the oppressor whom God is purposing to overturn and chain down for ever least you perish with him This from the Lord God of heaven and earth is a warning to you all that ye may be warned and left without excuse when the day shall come upon you which is already dawned and hastens apace to shine in its glory whereby all the works of darknesse shall be discovered and made manifest though never so secretly hid as hath been already said It is high time for you to awake out of the deep sleep of ignorance which you have been cast into by the Magicians of Egypt who have long kept your poor souls in spiritual bondage and slavery through their deceit and lyes for their own profit and lucre of which they strive to cast a mist before your eyes telling you of the body of Christ and instead of which they make you worship the works of your own hands which will and doe perish with the using which the body of Christ can never doe inasmuch as it is incorruptible neither did or could see corruption yet notwithstanding your Priests have so far bewitched you as that you your selves commonly confesse that though they be never so wicked yet in the speaking of so many words they make the corruptible bread the very body of Christ and ye are so far inchanted with this lye insomuch that if all within your Dominions do not fall down before this piece of bread and worship you are ready to murder them by which means your fruits shew you are in the spirit of murther and envy envying those which will not own your lye and blasphemy calling earthly bread the Lords body which is held in and by the hands of corruptible men as you your selves are ready to say the Lords soul abhors these things for they are an abominable abomination before him Consider and lay it to heart can the words that proceed out of the mouth of a sinful man make any thing incorruptible nay they cannot seeing it is evident that out of one fountain salt water and sweet cannot be had neither can a bad tree bring forth good fruit as saith Christ neither can your deceivable Priests who thus deceive you doe any such thing as they tell you of neither have they any place in the holy Scripture which speaks of any such practices as those which they deceive you with that is that men should take a piece of bread and say such and such words over it that then it should become the body of Christ and that men should fall down and prostrate themselves before it nay they cannot cause bread to be converted into the body of Christ neither can they convert the body of Christ into bread let them speak what or as many words as they can over it And thus they keep you in bondage as much as in them lyes least you should search and find out their deceit and also from the reading of the Scriptures least their wickednesse should be manifestly discovered though Christ saith Search the Scriptures for they testifie of me but the Pope and his Priests forbid you to read them which sheweth that they are not of his mind who would that all should come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved and not to keep people in darknesse for in the Scriptures it is recorded that the Bereans were more noble than others because that after they had heard the truth declared they went home and searched the Scriptures to see whether those things were so or no yea or nay you may see they were commended for so doing and not forbidden as your Priests doe and the Apostles did bid try all things and hold fast that which is good which is far from forbidding any tryal in and for truth many of your own regular Priests will say themselves that they are forbidden to dispute You may easily be kept in blindnesse and darknesse when many of your own teachers themselves are not permitted to vindicate their own practises and works which they make you thus adore Surely it is high time for you to ponder your wayes